Jean B. wrote:
> I was VERY bad yesterday. First, I went to the abode of a former
> restaurateur who was selling a cookbook collection. The ad said $65 for
> the collection, but that turned out not to be the case. I still ended
> up with a full plastic bin of cookbooks. (Did I mention the fact that I
> seem to be marching toward having a cookbook shop to help support this
> nasty collecting habit?)
>
> As if that wasn't enough, I then proceeded to New England Mobile Book
> Fair. As some of you know, that is the brick and mortar home of
> Jessica's Biscuit. I was intending ONLY to look in the sale area,
> having found some wonderful goodies there before (e.g., Cagle and
> Stafford's American Books on Food & Drink). I have a very poor track
> record there, so, as one might predict, I also went to their huge
> cookbook area (the store has much more than cookbooks). I scanned the
> international cookbooks pretty thoroughly, ending up with several more
> books. I always wonder if I will end up with cathedral neck there,
> because the shelves are ultra-high. Or whether I will topple off one of
> the little step stools, used to get a closer look at some of those
> higher books.

I live so close the the New England Mobile Book Fair - but I haven't
been in years. I need to drag the DH over there soon.

Thanks for the reminder it exists. The China Fair is right next door
too, I think.

http://chinafairinc.com/

Tracy